Duane Hicks Aimee McEvoy received her Social Service Worker diploma from Confederation College president Jim Madder during the 2016 convocation for the Rainy River District campus yesterday evening at the Townshend Theatre. Three dozen students graduated from the local campus this year—among the college’s 1,500 grads from across the region.
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Joey Payeur Whitney Guimond of the Couchiching Lady Raiders was in full stride but still a bit late reaching first base as Caylee Woolsey of the visiting Fort Frances Her-icanes caught the throw from third baseman Dana Ward during yesterday’s Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League makeup game at the […]
Duane Hicks A small but dedicated group of dog-lovers took a riverfront stroll with their pooches yesterday afternoon for the 11th-annual “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” organized by the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club. The event, held across Canada to raise funds for the five dog guide training programs at […]
Joey Payeur Jess Badiuk of Taggs wasn’t going to make it easy for Jennie Dyck (27) of Al’s Racquet Stringing to get past during the first half of Al’s 6-3 win yesterday evening as the Borderland Soccer League kicked off another season of action.
Duane Hicks Causeway General Insurance Brokers Ltd. sales manager John Homer, left, and account manager Joanne Bliss served up pulled pork sandwiches and refreshments yesterday during a community appreciation lunch at their 229 Scott St. location. The business has been growing lately, noted Homer, and Causeway wanted to give back […]
Heather Latter Ma-Nee Chacaby, a Two-Spirit Ojibwa-Cree elder, conducted a workshop during a student symposium yesterday at La Place Rendez-Vous that focused on LGBTQ-Straight Alliance School-Based Programs. Through a series of keynote speakers and workshops, more than 60 students from four different school boards learned about inclusivity. This was the […]
Duane Hicks Nadine Mutz, left, and Andrea Avis learned more about the proposed Rainy Lake Market Square from landscape architect David Bodnarchuk of Scatliff + Miller + Murray during yesterday afternoon’s come-and-go open house at the Scott Street site.
Heather Latter Kevin Welbes Godin (OECTA–Special Project Co-ordinator: Equity and Inclusion) from EGALE spoke during an open chat session about available LGBTQ support services Tuesday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. “Community Chat Rooms” on other topics likely are to be held there down the road.
Cameron Penney Debbie Williamson, of the Fort Frances Dental Centre, along with Kiwanian Robin Wright, read the winning ticket for the club’s “Trip of the Month” draw for June yesterday morning at International Travel Services. Josh Swire will be heading to Freeport, Bahamas—a trip valued at $4,500. Next month’s draws […]
Heather Latter Members and supporters of OSSTF District 5B took to the picket line for the sixth time in six weeks after talks with the Rainy River District School Board, through a Ministry of Labour mediator, ended after 12 hours on Tuesday. Chief union negotiator Brian Church noted they seemed […]
Heather Latter While performing his lip-syncing rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” Jay McFarlane enticed June Caul onto the dance floor during the “Sync or Swim” social hosted by the Fun in the Sun committee Saturday night at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. The event, which also […]
Denise Bliss, left, received a stylized trillium service pin in recognition of her volunteer efforts from Colleen Moran, program lead with the Ontario Honours and Awards Secretariat in Toronto, during the 2016 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards ceremony Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Some 49 people in the district received […]
